CityDance DREAM

Audrey Elaine Hailes is a dance-theatre artist raised in Washington DC. Committed to public performance as a necessary tool for wellness and revolution, she received a BFA in Experimental Theatre from NYU and is a 2013 Laundromat Project Professional Development Fellow. Audrey is a teaching artist, performer with the Dance Cartel and co-host of the women-run radio show Hip Hop and Her Family. Her work was recently commissioned by Gibney Dance and Dance Theatre Etc. Operating in the blessing of abundance, the support, fortification and history shared by family is the fuel behind her practice.

Jared Jenkins is originally from Philadelphia, PA, but now resides in New York, NY. After Graduating from Georgetown University in 2006 with a degree in Finance, Jared decided to explore dance and take his first dance class. Since then, Jared has had the opportunity to train with the top choreographers in the industry. Now, Jared is a current faculty member at Broadway Dance Center in New York City and guest teach at Movement Lifestyles and Millennium Dance Complex in Los Angles.

His current credits include Jennifer Lopez, Natalie La Rose, iHeartMemphis, Icona Pop, Jazmine, Sullivan, Nigel Lythgoe’s Every Single Step, Cirque Du Soleil, BET’s Black Girls Rock, Soul Train Awards, Wendy Williams, Good Morning America, Verizon, Touchstone Picture's "Step-up 2: The Streets", New York City’s Fashion Week, Monster’s of Hip Hop, and World of Dance.

Earl Mosley began his dance training at the North Carolina School of the Arts and attended both the  Ailey School and Martha Graham School of Contemporary Dance on full scholarship. His professional performing experience includes the Alvin Ailey Repertory Ensemble (Ailey II), Gus Solomon’s Dance and Ron Brown’s Evidence A Dance Company. Mr. Mosley’s choreographic credits include the Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater, American Ballet Theater Studio Company, Dallas Black Theatre, Montclair State Dance Department, The Joffrey Ballet School, the Ailey School and numerous universities and institutions both nationally and internationally. Mr. Mosley has had work performed by Montclair State Dance Department(2014) and Anderson University(2016), at the National College Dance Festival in Washington DC, at the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts.  Mr. Mosley has also been awarded Teacher of the Year 2005, by Dance Teacher Magazine and Outstanding Artists Award from the Connecticut Dance Alliance for his commitment and love of mentoring and encouraging young dancers to reach for their dreams. He has also received numerous grants from the National Endowment for the Arts and the Connecticut Commission on the Arts. Mr. Mosley was just awarded the outstanding Mid- Career Award for Excellence 2016 by the prestigious Martha Hill Fund.

Currently, Earl Mosley's  Diversity of Dance is a 501c3 non-profit full of passion and spirit in its commitment to appreciating the differences that truly make each artist unique and respected. Fredrick Earl Mosley is both founder/ Director and leads the vision with a strong hand.  Diversity of Dance welcomes diversity not only in art but the life experiences that each dancer brings to the process of creating dance that entertains, educates and heals the human spirit. For more information please check emiadance.org.

Theara J. Ward began her professional career with the Dance Theater of Harlem at thirteen years old. Her travels have spanned the globe to places like Hong Kong, Australia, South Africa, the former U.S.S.R. and South America. Her experience in the arts and entertainment has touched many areas. She made her Broadway debut featured in the Tony Award winning revue, BLACK AND BLUE. The role of ‘Ghost of Christmas Future’ for the Madison Square Garden version of “A CHRISTMAS CAROL” was created on Theara. She has worked with artists that include Aretha Franklin, Liza Minelli, The O’Jay’s and Levert, Ntozake Shange and Ronald K. Brown. She has appeared on commercials and television specials.

Theara works in Arts Education programs with Dance Theatre of Harlem and Alvin Ailey. Theara was sent to the island of Virgin Gorda, British Virgin Islands to set up the first dance program for the Alvin Ailey Foundation that included Liturgical Dance. Theara has helped to develop dance ministries thoughout the country. She choreographed for the “Urbana ’06, missions conference, at the Edward Jones Arena in St. Louis, Missouri and facilitated the first Community Liturgical Dance workshop at New Jersey Performing Arts Center, “Embodying the Dream.”

Theara has recently facilitated a dance workshop at Duke Divinity School “African American Theology & The Arts Symposium: “A Time To Dance” and shared her work with poetry, music and dance at the Collegium for African Diaspora Dance, at Duke University sponsored by the African American Studies Department. She was also on a panel of African-American Ballerinas from Dance Theatre of Harlem.

Theara has written her first book, a poetry collection called, “From the Heart Of A Sistah.” Theara performs the poems with live music. The poems provide the script for her one-woman show. “From The Heart Of A Sistah” was one of the new works presented in the Genesis Festival for new playwrights at the Tony Award winning, Crossroads Theater in New Brunswick, NJ. “From The Heart Of A Sistah” was also presented, Off- Broadway at The Triad in New York. From “Baby Ballerina” with Dance Theatre of Harlem, and Broadway and musical theatre star, to master teacher and choreographer, Theara Ward is an industry powerhouse across many fields.

Phil Wright is a Choreographer and dancer from Florida. He was born in Miami and at the age of nine he began to dance. As his passion grew he began to dance and choreograph professionally in Miami. With hopes of pursuing his dreams at a higher level, Phil moved to California. He now is currently active as a professional dancer and choreographer. Phil has danced for artists including Will Smith, Chayanne, Nicki Minaj, and Pitbull. He also is a teacher for Millennium Dance Complex, Debbie Reynolds Dance Studio, IDA Dance Academy, and Abby Lee Dance Studio. He travels as much as he can teaching new students in new areas spreading his knowledge and love of dance.